Book Review

This is an outstanding book in several respects. It fills a gap in the information currently available on burns and trauma. Although interest in the burned patient is high, most of the newer books have concentrated on acute care and have neglected rehabilitation, despite increased survival of such patients. This book brings together many different aspects of rehabilitation that previously were available only in a fragmented fashion or in specialty journals or textbooks. The book is well written and organized; it covers burn care in its entirety. The editors have avoided the chief problem of any edited work — lack . . . No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.